"Let's suppose there are a number of dimensions...for convenience, call them dimension A...dimension Z....so well then, let's assume there are 26 dimensions for now."
>When the top-of-the-line graphics card costs >half of what it does today (heck, say... $150, >instead of $300, or even $400), THEN that's >cause to celebrate new manufacturing processes.
For the record: the $400 you talked about is the PRICE not the COST.
Just don't buy the newest top-of-the-line. I always find the top-of-the-line 6 months ago to be the best deals.
Metrics makes more sense not just because we grow up with it. It makes more sense when formula are used - with the Imperial system one has to throw in a conversion or a magic constant once in while during calculations.
SI units all based on 7 fundamental unit (IIRC). Formula make exact physical sense without redundant conversion steps or constants that come from nowhere.
>How are you going to prove to a court that >someone took your binary, disassembled it and >used it as an example to write their own driver? >Even if they were to simply decompile it then >recompile it, after changing any obvious like a >copyright statement, it may well well wind up >quite different
Of course you can't prove it. On the other hand, how are you going to prove to a court that if someone took your GPL code, changed some obvious like a copyright statement or some loop variables and release it?
Both are equally difficult so the legal protection point is moot.
However, which one is more difficult, decompile the binary, or read your GPL code? That's the point. Obviously decompiling the binary is MUCH more difficult.
As long as it achieves the goal of temporary protection through technology, binary-only device drivers serve a good purpose.
? the obfuscation I talked about comes from the compiler. The original source code you write and debug with would of course be perfectly documented and self-explanatory.
Then why GPL at all? I'm sure the community has disassemblers, debuggers, emulators and logic analyzers to dissect the interface.
The issue is, obfuscation DOES contributes to protection - at least in this case - theoretically you can always dissect the interface, hiding it permanently is NOT the goal - You only need to delay your competitors doing so until you roll out your next generation product.
The Anonymous Coward does have a point. Closed source drivers DO delay competitors from discovering hardware trade secrets.
>I mentioned before, I bought an awesome (IMHO, >at least;) Honda hybrid-car for about half the >price of an SUV... I get great gas mileage, it >handles beautifully --- whats the problem?
What's the problem?
Have you ever experienced a lack of passing power on highways?
How about feeling that you must have put your brakes on as you accelerate?
Hybrid lacks horsepower. It may have some torque, but doesn't hold a candle compared to a 6 cylinder, even the Daewoo ones.
I'll hold back on hybrid until it can achieve 180 whp and usable torque, i.e. about as quick as an average 6 cylinder nowadays.
Can't wait to see a turbocharged diesel hybrid engine run with Nitrous...the Nitrous maybe is redundant cuz you're running pretty rich anyway. Enough cartalk.
My Postgresql projects all run on Windows, Linux, and Solaris - they all use the same code, compiles and run flawlessly. I'd say the Windows support of Postgres is VERY good.
I still run the server only on Linux tho, just for the paranoidal reason that it is the most run and tested.
pretty much the only way you can do it is with SOME kind of OS on it. It's not that easy to write stuffs on disks using only the stuffs at $C600.
Hm. Maybe you can rip the simplest disk writing software (I dunno, it should exist) from a PC thru the serial port (if you have one) or the casette port if you don't (connect serial port of PC to casette port of ][ and write a proggie to send stuffs to the serial port the way the ][ expects it from a real casette) then you should be set.
If you cannot find the info on what should be written to the port then do whatever you want and write your own software just to get the stuffs from the port and write to the memory (listening to $C040 or something like that, that's long time ago), then run it from there. Shouldn't be too hard...
there are tons of disk images on the internet...get them, use a serial interface to download the file (or, if you feel frugal, use the casette port with serial) and write to a disk!
nothing beats copying using Disk Muncher though...
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Does it mean we're trapped?
To escape your own light cone, you have to travel faster than light - which Relativity rules out.
Which means, once you're in contact with someone (i.e. your light cones overlap), you're stuck in the same universe forever?
Damn, I think I know how the theory got started.
"Let's suppose there are a number of dimensions...for convenience, call them dimension A...dimension Z....so well then, let's assume there are 26 dimensions for now."
>NVidia's drivers work with Stereoscopic LCD
>shutter, and Red/blue (can't remember the
>technical name).
Anaglyph
GPL won't allow you to do the restriction you want.
I fully support the GPL but in this case, DO NOT USE IT.
>When the top-of-the-line graphics card costs
>half of what it does today (heck, say... $150,
>instead of $300, or even $400), THEN that's
>cause to celebrate new manufacturing processes.
For the record: the $400 you talked about is the PRICE not the COST.
Just don't buy the newest top-of-the-line. I always find the top-of-the-line 6 months ago to be the best deals.
There's a way to find out...strace
Metrics makes more sense not just because we grow up with it. It makes more sense when formula are used - with the Imperial system one has to throw in a conversion or a magic constant once in while during calculations.
SI units all based on 7 fundamental unit (IIRC).
Formula make exact physical sense without redundant conversion steps or constants that come from nowhere.
We're not talking about NASA here, but USA in general. The Imperial System should just DIE.
Good:
km. kg. Nm. kW. degree K.
Bad:
miles. pounds. lb/ft. horsepower. degree F.
>How are you going to prove to a court that
>someone took your binary, disassembled it and
>used it as an example to write their own driver?
>Even if they were to simply decompile it then
>recompile it, after changing any obvious like a
>copyright statement, it may well well wind up
>quite different
Of course you can't prove it. On the other hand, how are you going to prove to a court that if someone took your GPL code, changed some obvious like a copyright statement or some loop variables and release it?
Both are equally difficult so the legal protection point is moot.
However, which one is more difficult, decompile the binary, or read your GPL code? That's the point. Obviously decompiling the binary is MUCH more difficult.
As long as it achieves the goal of temporary protection through technology, binary-only device drivers serve a good purpose.
? the obfuscation I talked about comes from the compiler. The original source code you write and debug with would of course be perfectly documented and self-explanatory.
Then why GPL at all? I'm sure the community has disassemblers, debuggers, emulators and logic analyzers to dissect the interface.
The issue is, obfuscation DOES contributes to protection - at least in this case - theoretically you can always dissect the interface, hiding it permanently is NOT the goal - You only need to delay your competitors doing so until you roll out your next generation product.
The Anonymous Coward does have a point. Closed source drivers DO delay competitors from discovering hardware trade secrets.
>PR #3 anyone? (Enables 80-column mode on a
>machine with one installed.) How about PR #1 (to
>print) or PR #6 (to reboot)?
Real men use C300G
No, Ghouls and Ghosts is better!
Okay. I'll refine my meaning - I mean, I'll wait until hybrids have the same acceleration of a manual 6 cylinder or a turbo 4.
I drive stick. And passing 6-cyl automatic is nothing to call home about.
>I mentioned before, I bought an awesome (IMHO, ;) Honda hybrid-car for about half the
>at least
>price of an SUV... I get great gas mileage, it
>handles beautifully --- whats the problem?
What's the problem?
Have you ever experienced a lack of passing power on highways?
How about feeling that you must have put your brakes on as you accelerate?
Hybrid lacks horsepower. It may have some torque, but doesn't hold a candle compared to a 6 cylinder, even the Daewoo ones.
I'll hold back on hybrid until it can achieve 180 whp and usable torque, i.e. about as quick as an average 6 cylinder nowadays.
Can't wait to see a turbocharged diesel hybrid engine run with Nitrous...the Nitrous maybe is redundant cuz you're running pretty rich anyway. Enough cartalk.
Oops, not a subdirectory. But a bunch of win32.mak files which can be used directly by the VC++ make. Look closer.
www.postgresql.org
there is a win32 subdirectory if you look close enough.
Does MPI/LAM run on it?
Sorry for bursting your bubble dude, PostgreSQL has -NATIVE- Visual C++ makefile and stuffs.
there is no need for Cygwin.
My Postgresql projects all run on Windows, Linux, and Solaris - they all use the same code, compiles and run flawlessly. I'd say the Windows support of Postgres is VERY good.
I still run the server only on Linux tho, just for the paranoidal reason that it is the most run and tested.
Something might be useful here
http://www.gno.org/pub/apple2/emulators/tools/
now it's some $#!+...
pretty much the only way you can do it is with SOME kind of OS on it. It's not that easy to write stuffs on disks using only the stuffs at $C600.
Hm. Maybe you can rip the simplest disk writing software (I dunno, it should exist) from a PC thru the serial port (if you have one) or the casette port if you don't (connect serial port of PC to casette port of ][ and write a proggie to send stuffs to the serial port the way the ][ expects it from a real casette) then you should be set.
If you cannot find the info on what should be written to the port then do whatever you want and write your own software just to get the stuffs from the port and write to the memory (listening to $C040 or something like that, that's long time ago), then run it from there. Shouldn't be too hard...
While loading the 5.34E20-th floppy:
GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT.
SYSTEM STOP ERROR AT $24FF
TO RESTART, INSERT DISK 1
there are tons of disk images on the internet...get them, use a serial interface to download the file (or, if you feel frugal, use the casette port with serial) and write to a disk!
nothing beats copying using Disk Muncher though...
Weren't it for the Dubya connection, do you honestly think they would even read that aloud "osama is the black sheep"?